16 Aug

The 8-week summer program has ended, but that does not mean that this project ended. For whoever decides to pick up this project in the future I would like to leave some tips to help you get started. The Github contains various folders: DXF_Files Contains a collection of .dxf files which a...

05 Aug

This past week I have been working on physically creating auxetic cell array dicussed in my past blog post. To manufacture these cell arrangments I decided to use the following materials: cardstock, Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and Polyeurethane rubber. (Images present the materials in that o...

29 Jul

Using the interactice roco compiler I was able to design a canoe of the following dimensions: boat.depth: 20.00 mm boat.length: 100.00 mm boat.width: 50.00 mm bow.point: 50.00 mm seats: 1 stern.point: 50.00 The goal of this was to design a boat which could then be possibly used with the grassho...

22 Jul

This week I have been reading up on literature regarding auxetic unit cells. This week I decided to rechange my focus to looking at different unit cells because after last week when I made the auxetic structure I realized that the auxetic cells do not behave the way that is shown in a simulation. I...

15 Jul

This past week I used Rhino 7 to create .dxf files that can be used with the laser cutter and paper cutter (the CAMEOS). Designs were made within in the Rhino software and were manufactured using Vinyl Polyester as the material. (The plastic roll of material in the lab). Before making a structure...

08 Jul

This past week I looked for various existing repositories/resources that were are discussed in reasearch papers regarding the design of auxetic structures. I took a particular emphasis on using the resources discussed in the paper Bistable Auxetic Surface Structures. The design of auxetics disc...

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